“Of course I'm a black writer. I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman writer and Latin American writer aren't marginal anymore. We have to acknowledge that the thing we call ''literature'' is more pluralistic now, just as society ought to be. The melting pot never worked. We ought to be able to accept on equal terms everybody from the Hasidim to Walter Lippmann, from the Rastafarians to Ralph Bunche.”
“To write is a humiliation.”
“Writing is thinking on paper.”
“Writing is a craft not an art.”
“Let's face it, writing is hell.”
“If you wish to be a writer; write!”
“The pen is mightier than the sword.”
“Easy writings curse is hard reading.”
“Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.”
“Most authors steal their works, or buy.”
“A book should be luminous not voluminous.”
“The walls are the publishers of the poor.”
“Writers are the main landmarks of the past.”
“Good writing is clear thinking made visible.”
“Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.”
“Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.”
“Great writers are the saints for the godless.”
“The cure for writers cramp is writer's block.”
“Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.”
“As to the adjective, when in doubt strike it out.”
“The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.”
“If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.”
“Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many.”
“It requires more than mere genius to be an author.”
“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”
“Our work is to present things that are as they are.”
“Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.”
“Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.”
“All the world knows me in my book, and may book in me.”
“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”